As off August 5th, 2025, this FAQ is up-to-date. However, the Tumblr FAQ will always be the MOST up-to-date version of the FAQ available.

FAQ

Hello, welcome to the Masters of Zinejitsu - Elements of Sentiments FAQ! We appreciate you checking here before sending an ask to our mod team. As the zine gets fully set up some links might be missing for the first few days, we appreciate your patience! We will also be editing it to add new information as it comes up. Strap in guys this is a long one.

What are Masters of Zinejitsu?

We are a collection of Ninjago fans who kinda just decided we wanted to make a zine one day. After a bit of stumbling around and a lot of brainstorming we eventually came up with the idea for Elements of Sentiments (as well as a couple other zines, stay tuned for those). Through a lot of trial and error we’ve been working hard the past couple months to get the ball rolling on this. We are very excited to finally see it come to fruition! Masters of Zinejistsu currently has 8 mods, with varying levels of experience, that handle various parts of the Zine.

Who are the mods of the zine?

This section will provide a brief summary of our team, and will also link their mod intros as they are posted! While this is a numbered list these are of course in no particular order.

(@cable-salamdr) Cable (He/It) - Elemental Master of Organizing. Head of the mod team/discord server, and lead organizer. Is also managing the Angst group + the spot/asset artists. You can find its mod intro here!
(@2cats1trenchcoat) Nyad (He/She/They/It) - Elemental Master of Socials. Head mod of the tumblr (and the person who will usually be answering asks/managing our posts). Is also managing the Comfort group. You can find their mod intro here!
(@captain-space-kin) Captain (They/He) - Elemental Master of Operations. Head of managing the zine’s day to day operations, and keeping everyone on track with the schedule. Is also managing the Crush group. You can find his mod intro here!
(@jalluzas-ferney) Jal (She/Her) - Elemental Master of Submissions. Head of submissions/the applications. Will be doing the initial run down of applicants. Is also managing the Jealousy group. You can find her mod intro here!
(@nalascat) Nala (Any Pronouns) - Elemental Master of Formating. Head of the zine design/formating, and is also one of our discord server mods. You can find their mod intro here!
(@beegs-bugs) Beegs (She/Any Pronouns) - Elemental Master of Support. Assistant formatter, test printer, and general discord server mod. Is also managing the back-ups group. You can find her mod intro here!
(@youraveragedirtclod) Oliver (He/They) - Elemental Master of Web Design. Head of our website (which is still under construction). Is also a general discord server mod. You can find their mod intro here!
(@poopinmybabyfood) Keerthy (She/They/Any Pronouns) - Elemental Master of Security. Head of preventing AI scraping/art/writing from being in the zine. Is also a general discord server mod, as well as an assistant mod for the tumblr. You can find her mod intro here!

What is the topic + theme of the zine?

Elements of Sentiments is a shipping zine! So if you’re not a shipper, we’re not quite sure why you’re here lol. Each artist/writer pairing will be assigned a ship and a theme based on their preferences. As far as themes go, we have four of them:

Angst - The ship going through a sort of emotional turmoil, whether caused by the people in the ship, or by an outside source. (Ex. Jay mourning Nya being lost to the sea).
Jealousy - One character in the ship being jealous of someone/something else. (Ex. Jay being jealous over Cole and Nya. Or Nya being jealous of an overzealous fan seeking Jay’s attention)
Comfort - The ship in question being or putting each other at ease. This could be doing an activity, physical affection, and more. (Ex. Cole and Geo making art together).
Crush - The ship pining for each other or seeking love. This can show love in ways like a first kiss, a date, asking out, and more. (Ex. Zane allowing Pixal to scan him).

Physical or E-Zine?

This is an E-Zine designed with printing from home in mind. We currently do not have the resources to print and ship out zines ourselves, however we know people like having physical copies of things. The zine will be formatted to allow for personal printing. We will provide a PDF of the zine for your convenience.

Does the zine include other items like merch?

Unfortunately no as we currently lack the resources to do this. This may change for future zines

Charity, for profit, or free zine?

This zine is 100% free!

Any specific requirements your applicants should meet?

We do have specific qualifications we’re looking for, we’ll break them down here by role.

All applicants should have:

An email
A discord
A portfolio or example pieces ready to show, with proper access enabled for convenience

Artists - We’re looking for artists who have experience rendering full pieces and who can do so in a timely manner.
Writers - Similar to artists we are looking for writers who have a clear grasp on prose and who can write in a timely manner.
Spot Artists - Similar to artists, rendering smaller pieces throughout the zine to be used as page filler. The amount of work you’ll be doing is much less than our main artists.
Beta Readers - As it’s hard to check for experience this one is mostly based on the honor system. We do prefer if you have a solid grasp on English as that is the language the zine will be published in.

Where can the zine schedule be found?

On the sidebar of this website, or in the discord!

Where is the zine hosted?

The Masters of Zinejitsu discord server as well as this very website (which is still under construction) and the tumblr. The discord server is for contributors only, but non-contributors can stay updated via this website and the tumblr.

What is and is not allowed in the zine?

First and foremost we are not allowing any ships containing incest, or bestiality, and no minor/adult ships (commonly all referred to as proships). We are also not allowing OC ships or self-ships (however these are potential topics for future zines). Content wise we will also not be allowing explicit sexual content or extreme violence/gore. Keep it PG-13.

Ships we are accepting are Ninja X Ninja/Ninja Adjacent Character. We are counting character’s like Wu & Garmadon, the previous elemental masters, Morro, and of course the Dragons Rising kids as ninja. The ninja adjacent character must be relevant for at least one of the episodes they are in. An example of a ship we are accepting is Lloyd/Brad, as Lloyd is a ninja and Brad is relevant in at least one episode he’s in (sorry Darkley’s kids enjoyers we know y’all are starving for content). An example of a ship we are not accepting is Benthomaar/Blazey as neither of them are ninja. However Benthomaar can be used if shipped with a ninja.

Content wise we are trying to keep this zine as canon compliant as possible. Pairs are encouraged to make content that can easily slot over canon. We are allowing AU’s in the case of characters who have never met (such as Morro/Echo) or have not interacted in a long time (such as Garmadon/Clouse), or ya know just in the case that most of these pairings aren’t canon. However these AU’s must be as canon compliant as possible. For example, Morro/Echo cannot be in medieval times. Things like kissing, hand holding, cuddling etc are allowed. As is mild violence or blood, but again everything is to stay PG-13.

We are also not allowing pieces to be about any content from Season 3 Part 2 or Monstrosity to avoid spoilers.

Don’t be afraid to ask a mod for clarification if you are unsure if a ship or pitch idea counts!

How many contributors do you plan to accept?

Well since we wanted 5 ships per theme, and we have 4 themes, meaning 20 ships, and then we have 2 people per ship, well thats *checks notes* 40 people. Wowzers! Yes we are aware this is a very large number of people (this is one of the reasons our mod team is so big). Contributors will be sectioned off into groups of 10 under each theme, with each group being directly managed by one of our mods (Captain for Crush, Leo for Comfort, Jal for Jealousy, and Cable for Angst).

When will applicants know if they’ve been accepted?

Applicants should know by around August 5th, as is stated by our schedule. This process is going to take us quite a bit as we have to sort through and assign 40 people a ship and a theme (and in some cases a creative partner). Our goal is to have it done as quickly as we can while being thorough. Applicants can expect an acceptance/rejection letter through their discord/email when the time comes.

What are the zine’s specs?

As is standard for zine’s we are making it 8.5’’X11’’. Art will be getting a full page (2,550×3,300 pixels), and then will be followed by the 1K word ficlet it’s paired with. We will also be making an A5 version to make printing easier for those outside of the US.

Where can you apply?

Applications for the Elements of Sentiments zine are currently closed, but here's what the FAQ said before they were closed:

You can apply through our google form! For the sake of convenience/organization we ask that applicants are willing to provide an email and their discord username. When acceptance letters go out a link to our discord server will also be provided. You should also prepare your example pieces, a list of your top 5 ships (or at least ships that you would be willing to create content for), and which theme you would like to do the most ahead of time. This is to make the application process easier for everyone.